Progress leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Progress typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Progress, ~19% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Progress compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Progress leans more Republican than 23 of 89 neighbors.
Progress runs about 29 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Progress leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Progress, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Progress are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Progress, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Progress looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Progress is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Progress own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Medford, IN R+47
- Muncie, IN Even
- Middletown, IN R+53
- Sulphur Springs, IN R+57
- Chesterfield, IN R+36
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Indiana Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.